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Internal Linking Issue - "Disabled because the Virtual AP is not available on your machine"

Dave Wollenhaup
Sep 22, 2015 09:04PM MST

I have been using internal linking for several weeks with no issues; however, yesterday when I started the TW program, I noticed it now said under internal linking...."Disabled because the Virtual AP is not available in your machine"

So I tried checking the settings in a command prompt to see if it was enabled or not using the following command:

netsh wlan show settings

It showed:Hosted network mode allowed in WLAN service: Yes

The hosted network is enabled but not necessarily started. So I ran the next command to see if the hosted network was started or not.

netsh wlan show hostednetwork

It showed it was not available.

So I tried to start the hosted network using this command:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

It said

"the hosted network couldn't be started. The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation"-------------------------------

After some playing around and reading some forums relating to virtual networks and hotspots, I figured out that the network adapter driver was the culprit. Windows 10 updated the driver. I uninstalled the driver and used one of Windows 10's built in drivers from earlier this year. It solved the problem. I alerted HP of the driver issue and how it disabled Virtual Hosted Networks. Hopefully they will release a new driver that corrects the mistake

Thanks so much for sharing this info, Dave! With a newer operating system like Windows 10, it is understandable that some of Microsoft’s updates might be inadvertently interfering with both the hardware and software on your laptop. I am glad that you were able to find the version of the driver that allows you to use the Virtual Hosted Network feature again.